Ashley Biden is President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden an only child, but despite being a first daughter, she often avoids the spotlight.
“It took about two years to get comfortable in the position,” she said. She in 2023.”I’m doing my job like I always have, but I’m trying to figure out the role of first daughter and how can I use it in the most positive way possible, where it’s not about me, but Americans. And what I’ve learned is that I want to tell other people’s stories: I want to move organizations forward and share that information. »
Ashley hugs her father during his inauguration on January 20, 2021.
Last year, however, she made more public appearances, including at last night’s state dinner at the White Houseand last June, Ashley joined her mother, Jill, at the royal wedding of Crown Prince Hussein and Rajwa Al Saif. She and her mother arrived hand in hand at Zahran Palace, where they were greeted by King Abdullah and Queen Rania before the ceremony.
Ashley and Jill at the Jordanian royal wedding.
Here, everything you need to know about Joe and Jill’s daughter Ashley:
Ashley was born in Wilmington, Delaware.
Joe holds his daughter, Ashley, in 1987.
She was born June 8, 1981, the daughter of Joe and Jill Biden. She had older half-siblings Beau Biden and Hunter Biden. Growing up, Ashley didn’t realize her father was a senator. “My family has really stayed very down to earth, so I didn’t know,” Ashley said. “I knew Dad was riding the train and trying to solve the world’s problems. But as a little girl, he’s just Dad.”
She attended Wilmington Friends School and Tulane University.
She attended high school at Wilmington Friends School in Delaware, then received her bachelor’s degree in cultural anthropology in 2003 from Tulane University.
Ashley and Joe watch a 2012 presidential debate.
She is a social worker.
In 2010, she graduated from the School of Social Policy and Practice at the University of Pennsylvania with a master’s degree in social work. She initially thought she wanted to become a therapist, but decided to focus on politics instead.
“The one thing my parents always told me was: ‘Follow your passion.’ There was never pressure to go into the service, but I saw my mother, a teacher, and my father, who were working on issues that Americans care about,” Ashley said of her career.
In 2019, she left her job at the Delaware Center for Justice to work on her father’s presidential campaign. She is currently applying for a doctorate in clinical social work at Penn and hopes to one day teach.
She attends some White House events with her parents.
Ashley and Joe in June 2023.
Ashley joined her parents at a few key events during Joe’s tenure as president, including joining her father at a Juneteenth concert (above) and his mother during a trip to France last summer (below).
First Lady of France Brigitte Macron with First Lady of the United States Jill Biden and her daughter Ashley Biden.
Ashley married Dr. Howard Klein in 2012.
They had a Catholic-Jewish interfaith marriage. Dr Klein is an otolaryngologist and plastic surgeon at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals in Philadelphia.
Emilie Burack (she/her) is the senior news editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, culture, royals and a range of other topics. Before joining T&C, she was deputy editor at Hi Alma, a Jewish cultural site. Follow her @emburack on Twitter And Instagram.
